How to Install and Uninstall gpsd-tools Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "gpsd-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install gpsd-tools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gpsd-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gpsd-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gpsd-tools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gpsd-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gpsd-tools package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gpsd-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.20-12
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Source: gpsd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Bernd Zeimetz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 790
Depends: libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libc6 (>= 2.29), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libncurses6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libgps26 (= 3.20-12)
Suggests: gpsd
Breaks: gpsd (<< 3.20-9), python-gps
Replaces: python-gps
Filename: pool/main/g/gpsd/gpsd-tools_3.20-12_amd64.deb
Size: 250608
MD5sum: 4d50e379900bc972c4e0fe5ea4ce57a3
SHA1: 07d0efc6bf94e12ba6ee7e9c1c2091398f283f51
SHA256: c4e459acbf47fb7c5ccfb62570fe688ba8e0175e5127f544ff9a90865289fa98
SHA512: d1ab266a245d29afd8d3276fe71e1a91215db89f9c674fb82053dbc78002fd954d60e66a4674f5d236c417358d16e0c15f2c3054509753f09e3fef11f1c9b1e5
Homepage: http://www.catb.org/gpsd/
Description-en: Global Positioning System - tools
The gpsd service daemon can monitor one or more GPS devices connected to
a host computer, making all data on the location and movements of the
sensors available to be queried on TCP port 2947.
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This package contains the most common tools 'gpsmon' and 'cgps' used to
access a GPS device.
Description-md5: da9f6daf6778e6e0a948a3325d56bd44